Long Aotian took a healing pill and gave Dong Cheng Xi Jiu one pill each.
"Lu Chengwen, that bastard! Zhao Ritian is just a deadbeat, but he's downright vicious!"
"He always betrays me at the most critical moments, stabbing me in the back! Zhao Ritian's master is here, so you can't afford to provoke them. But Lu Chengwen..."
Long Aotian gritted his teeth. "I'll definitely make him pay!"
Dong Cheng Xi Jiu looked troubled.
Lu Chengwen had just pleaded for them today.
Long Aotian saw it and narrowed his eyes. "What? You don't want to do something for me, your young master?"
"No, no..." Dong Cheng hurriedly said. "We do, we do. We came here to join your ranks, Young Master. How could we be unwilling? It's just..."
Long Aotian's eyes widened. "Just what!?"
Xi Jiu said awkwardly, "I think Lu Chengwen seems like a decent person. He even pleaded for us..."
"He pleaded for you!"
Long Aotian took a breath. "Don't be fooled by his appearance. What kind of person is he? A profiteer! A bootlicker! A black-hearted businessman! My own junior disciple brother! A sworn brother of the opposite sex!"
Dong Cheng Xi Jiu were both dumbfounded.
The first few terms were easy enough to understand, but why did he say "my own junior disciple brother" and "a sworn brother of the opposite sex" through clenched teeth?
Were those two terms... really that hateful!?
"Do you know how badly he's screwed me over?"
"He has far more rotten ideas in that head of his than you can imagine! All that kindness, loyalty, brotherhood, refinement... it's all for outsiders to see. It's his disguise, his acting!"
The two nodded, half understanding and half not.
Long Aotian said, "People like him are best at putting on an act. Besides, if